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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 ...~\***##
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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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