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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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