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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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