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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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