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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 ,^~/%%¤@##
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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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