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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, ##£§%%=~-.
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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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