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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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