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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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