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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.              ##££^^....
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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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