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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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