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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 ......,/%§
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#@@§@%/~,. 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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##@§@%/~,. 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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