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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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