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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. £††«,,,,,,
,,«\†£@@## ##@@£†\«,,
,,,,,«\\†£ £ £†\\«,,,,,
,,,,,\\†£@ @£†\\,,,,,
,,«\†££££@ 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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,,,,,«††££ @ ££††«,,,,,
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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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