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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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.,«^*%§### 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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