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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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