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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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,,,,-^%¤¤¤ 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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,,-^†%¤¶## 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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