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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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