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,:~/%%$$££ not actually a palace. a  cottage in the ££$$%%/~:,
,,:://%££#  woods (temperate climate, rains every   #££%//::,,
,:~/%$££## other  day,  springs  and   streams  and ##££$%/~:,
,,,,,,:/$£   mysterious iron and stone artifacts,   £$/:,,,,,,
,:~/%$££##    birdland-ish eternal spring (late     ##££$%/~:,
,,,::/$££#                 spring))                 #££$/::,,,
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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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