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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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