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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.                 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                    ^                     ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~                                          ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~† 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.      ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~                                          ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†                    @                     †~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†^                                          ^†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~†^& 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. ^†~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~†                                          †~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~                    ¨                     ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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