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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, ..~=†%%###
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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 ...~=†%%##
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#%%†=~.... in this cottage there's a lot of radio ....~=†%%#
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###%%†=~.. 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. ..~=†%%###
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