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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 £££§-:¨¨¨¨
¨:-^§$£¶## sun is about  to  rise.  its a long day, ##¶£$§^-:¨
¨:-^§$£¶## before  it fades  to  night  again,  and ##¶£$§^-:¨
¨:-^§$£¶## then  it  stays  so until i fall asleep. ##¶£$§^-:¨
¨:-^§$£¶## it  doesn't  rise  unless  i've  had  my ##¶£$§^-:¨
¨¨¨:-§§§$£                  dreams.                 £$§§§-:¨¨¨
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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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