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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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