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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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