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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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