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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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