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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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