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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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@§@@=«,,,, 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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@#§§@=:«., 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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