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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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