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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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