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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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