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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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