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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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##&*§^=~.. & ..~=^§*&##
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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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