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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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