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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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