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.,~=*§£@## not actually a palace. a cottage in the ##@£§*=~,.
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.,~=*§£@## 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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