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§§¨¨¨¨§§§§                                          §§¨§§¨§¨¨§
¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§¨§§§¨§
§¨§§¨¨§§¨¨                                          §¨§¨§§¨¨§§
¨§§¨§¨§¨§¨                                          ¨§§§§¨§¨§¨
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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))                 ¨¨§§§¨§§§¨
¨§§§§§§§¨§                                          §¨§¨¨§§¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                     -                    §§§§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨§§§§§§
§¨§§¨¨¨¨§§ 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.                 ¨¨§¨§§¨§§¨
¨¨¨§§§§§§¨                                          §¨§§§¨§§¨§
§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§                    §                     §§§¨¨§§¨§§
¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨§¨§¨§§¨
¨§§§¨§¨¨¨§ 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.             §§§§¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨                     §                    §¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨§§¨§§¨                                          ¨§¨¨§§¨§§¨
¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨§ 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.      ¨§§¨§§¨§¨¨
§§§§¨§¨§¨§                                          ¨§¨§§¨§§§¨
§¨¨¨§§§§§§                    @                     §§§§¨§§¨¨§
¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨§
§§§¨§§¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨§§§§¨§¨§¨
¨§¨§§§§§§§                                          §§¨¨¨§§§§§
§§§§¨¨¨¨¨¨                     ¨                    ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨§§¨§§¨¨¨
§§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          ¨¨§§¨§§¨¨¨
¨§§¨¨§§¨§§                                          ¨¨§¨§§¨§¨¨
¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨                                          ¨¨§§§¨§§§¨
¨§§§§§§§¨§                                          §¨§¨¨§§¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          §§§§¨§¨§¨§
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨§§§§§§