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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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