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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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