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...,,///$@ NOT ACTUALLY A  PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE @$///,,...
.,-/%$§§§§  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   §§§§$%/-,.
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.......-%§   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   §%-.......
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.,-/%$$§§@ I WAKE  UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S @§§$$%/-,.
.,-/%$§§§§ DARK,  AND  THE STARS ARE OUT,  BUT  THE §§§§$%/-,.
.,-/%$§@## SUN IS ABOUT  TO RISE. ITS A  LONG  DAY, ##@§$%/-,.
.,-/%$§§@# BEFORE  IT  FADES TO  NIGHT  AGAIN,  AND #@§§$%/-,.
.,-/%$§@## THEN IT STAYS  SO UNTIL  I  FALL ASLEEP. ##@§$%/-,.
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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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.,-/%$§@## I  HAVE  FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND  A ##@§$%/-,.
.,-/%$§@## DOG  (WHO  IS  RIDICOLOUSLY  LARGE   AND ##@§$%/-,.
.,-/%$§§§§ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN  TO §§§§$%/-,.
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..,---%$$@ MYSELF,  SONGS  AND  POETRY,  AND  FOUND @$$%---,..
.,-/%$§@## SOUNDS FROM THE  FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ##@§$%/-,.
.,-//%$§§# OF THEIR  LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, #§§$%//-,.
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.,-/%$§@##      CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL.      ##@§$%/-,.
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.,-/%$§@@@ METER  AREA  ON  THE  FLOOR WHERE I  CAN @@@§$%/-,.
.,-/%$$§§@ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER  I  PUT IN  HERE @§§$$%/-,.
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.,-/%$§@##   RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS    ##@§$%/-,.
.,-/%$§§§§     COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH    §§§§$%/-,.
.,,,-%$§§@  PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS   @§§$%-,,,.
.,-/%%%%$@ HEALED, AND  WHEREVER  AND WHENEVER  I'D @$%%%%/-,.
.,-/%$§@## FALL ASLEEP  I'D  ALWAYS  WAKE UP  FULLY ##@§$%/-,.
.,-/%$§@## RESTED  IN  MY  BED.  SOMETIMES  THERE'S ##@§$%/-,.
....-/$§§# ACCIDENTS   WHERE   I   LOSE  STUFF   BY #§§$/-....
...,,,-/%§ FORGETTING  TO PUT  THEM IN  THE SQUARE. §%/-,,,...
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.,-/%%%§@# AT   NIGHT,  I  HAVE  DEMI-LUCID  DREAMS #@§%%%/-,.
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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 @§%%%-,,..
.,-/%$§@@# ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER  DURING THE DAY. #@@§$%/-,.
.,-/%$§@## THIS  IS  A  MYSTERY WE  OFTEN  DISCUSS. ##@§$%/-,.
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