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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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