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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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##&§$/~.,, SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ,,.~/$§#
###&§$/~., BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ,.~/$§##
##&§$/~.,, THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ,,.~/$§#
###&§$/~., IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ,.~/$§##
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##&§$/~.,, IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ,,.~/$§#
###&§$/~., EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ,.~/$§##
##&§$/~.,, PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,,.~/$§#
###&§$/~., MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ,.~/$§##
##&§$/~.,, DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,,.~/$§#
###&§$/~., DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,.~/$§##
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##&§$/~.,, MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ,,.~/$§#
###&§$/~., SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,.~/$§##
##&§$/~.,, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,,.~/$§#
###&§$/~., AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ,.~/$§##
##&§$/~.,, CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ,,.~/$§#
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###&§$/~., METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ,.~/$§##
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##&§$/~.,, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,,.~/$§#
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##&§$/~.,, FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ,,.~/$§#
###&§$/~., RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,.~/$§##
##&§$/~.,, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,,.~/$§#
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###&§$/~., THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,.~/$§##
##&§$/~.,, IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ,,.~/$§#
###&§$/~., LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ,.~/$§##
##&§$/~.,, FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ,,.~/$§#
###&§$/~., - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,.~/$§##
##&§$/~.,, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,,.~/$§#
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