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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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