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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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