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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,   £@@§^^¨¨¨¨
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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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