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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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