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¨«/$¤£¶### not actually a palace. a  cottage in the ###¶£¤$/«¨
¨,«/$¤££¶¶   woods (temperate climate, rains every  ¶¶££¤$/«,¨
¨,«/$¤£### other  day,   springs  and  streams  and ###£¤$/«,¨
¨¨,«//$$£#   mysterious iron and stone artifacts,   #£$$//«,¨¨
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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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