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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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