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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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