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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    .~«\†%¤£##
#£¤%†\«~..                 spring))                 ..~«\†%¤£#
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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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