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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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