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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 #££¤%/«...
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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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