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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 %^«^......
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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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