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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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