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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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