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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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