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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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