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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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