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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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