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..,«††$§@# Not Actually A Palace. A Cottage In  The #@§$††«,..
.,«††$§@##  Woods (Temperate Climate, Rains Every   ##@§$††«,.
..,«††$§@# Other  Day,  Springs   And  Streams  And #@§$††«,..
...,«††$§@   Mysterious Iron And Stone Artifacts,   @§$††«,...
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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, $††«,.....
......,«†† Mirrors, Prisms,  And Various Things  To ††«,......
.......,«† Do Art  With. The  Fridge Is Filled With †«,.......
........,« Differet Foods, All  Of Them Intriguing, «,........
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.....,«††$ 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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