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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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