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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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