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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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