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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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