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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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