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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 #@@£¤=†-~.
...~~††=£@ 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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