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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,   ####£=†=,¨
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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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