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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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