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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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