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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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