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.,~^*$££¶# not actually a palace.  a cottage in the #¶££$*^~,.
....,~^*£¶   woods (temperate climate, rains every  ¶£*^~,....
....,~*£¶¶ other  day,  springs   and  streams  and ¶¶£*~,....
.,~^*$£¶##   mysterious iron and stone artifacts,   ##¶£$*^~,.
.,~^*$£¶##    birdland-ish eternal spring (late     ##¶£$*^~,.
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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. £**^~,....
.,~^*$£¶## it  doesn't  rise  unless  i've  had  my ##¶£$*^~,.
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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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