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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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