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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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