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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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