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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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