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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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