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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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