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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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