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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     &§~~-¨¨¨¨¨
¨-~†§£&###                 spring))                 ###&£§†~-¨
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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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