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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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