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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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