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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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