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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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