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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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