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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 ####£%\»,.
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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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