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,,#,,,#,,#             * dream palace *             ,#,#,###,#
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,#,,,,,,## not  actually a palace. a cottage in the #,,,,#,,,,
,##,,,,,#,  woods (temperate climate, rains every   ##,,,##,,,
,#,#,,,,## other  day,  springs   and  streams  and #,#,,#,#,,
,####,,,#,   mysterious iron and stone artifacts,   ####,####,
,#,,,#,,##    birdland-ish eternal spring (late     #,,,##,,,#
###,,##,#,                 spring))                 ##,,#,#,,#
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,####,,,## i wake up every morning at six  am. it's #,##,##,##
##,,,#,,#, dark,  and  the stars are out,  but  the ,##,##,##,
#,#,,##,## sun is  about to rise. its  a long  day, ,#,##,##,#
,###,#,##, before it  fades  to  night  again,  and ####,##,##
##,,####,# then  it stays so  until i  fall asleep. #,,,##,##,
#,#,#,,,## it  doesn't  rise  unless  i've  had  my ##,,#,##,#
,#####,,#,                 dreams.                  ,,#,###,##
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#,#,,,###,                    $                     #,#,,#,#,#
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##,,#,##,# in this cottage there's  a lot of  radio ,,,,##,,,,
#,#,###,##   equipment, sound stuff, synths, tape   ,,,,#,#,,,
#####,,##, players. pen and paper,  books, cameras, ,,,,####,,
#,,,,#,#,# mirrors, prisms, and  various  things to ,,,,#,,,#,
##,,,##### do art  with. the fridge is  filled with #,,,##,,##
,,#,,#,,,, differet foods, all of  them intriguing, ,#,,#,#,#,
,,##,##,,,              slightly weird.             ,##,######
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##,,,#,#,# i have  friends - there's  a cat, and  a ,##,#,,#,,
#,#,,##### dog  (who  is  ridicolously  large   and ##,###,##,
####,#,,,, wants to be the big spoon). i  listen to ,,##,,##,#
,,,,###,,, the  shortwave radio, and transmit a bit #,#,#,#,##
#,,,#,,#,, myself,  songs  and  poetry,  and  found ,########,
##,,##,##, sounds from the forest. the  others tell ,#,,,,,,,#
,,#,#,##,# of their lives, play  the guitar for me, ,##,,,,,,#
#,#####,## and  tell  tales  of  the  old world.  i ,#,#,,,,,#
,##,,,,##,      consider them friends as well.      #####,,,,#
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,###,####, most  importantly, there's  a two square ####,#####
##,,##,,,# meter  area on  the  floor  where  i can ,,,,##,,,,
#,#,#,#,,# "save" things.  whatever i put  in  here #,,,#,#,,,
########,# will  not  be  affected  by the  nightly ,#,,####,,
#,,,,,,,##    reset. everything else, however, is   ###,#,,,#,
##,,,,,,#,    completely reset overnight: synth     ,,,###,,##
,,#,,,,,##   patches removed, food uneaten, wounds  ,,,#,,#,#,
,,##,,,,#, healed,  and  wherever and  whenever i'd ,,,##,####
#,#,#,,,## fall  asleep i'd always  wake  up  fully ,,,#,##,,,
######,,#, rested  in  my  bed.  sometimes  there's ,,,###,#,,
#,,,,,#,## accidents   where  i   lose   stuff   by ,,,#,,###,
##,,,,###, forgetting  to  put them in  the square. #,,##,#,,#
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,#,######, at  night,  i  have   demi-lucid  dreams ##,,,,####
####,,,,,# where the spirits  of the forest  around #,#,,,#,,,
#,,,#,,,,# the cottage  tries to communicate. here, ,###,,##,,
##,,##,,,# it's  not  endless  but  connected to  a ##,,#,#,#,
#,#,#,#,,# large sprawling  city,  where  my  radio #,#,######
,#######,# friends live.  we go  exploring together #####,,,,,
,#,,,,,,## - things are  deep and dark - but unlike #,,,,#,,,,
,##,,,,,#, me, they never  remember during the day. ##,,,##,,,
,#,#,,,,## this is  a  mystery  we  often  discuss. #,#,,#,#,,
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