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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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