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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 ¨¨¨¨¨~%£§§
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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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