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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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