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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 ###&£^*-.,
,.-*^£&&&# SPRING)) #&&&£^*-.,
,.-*^££&@# #@&££^*-.,
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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 &£**--,,,,
,.-*^£&### 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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