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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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