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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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