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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 ,,,,,,,«%@
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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. ,,,,:%%%@@
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