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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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