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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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