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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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###§&*=~^¨ 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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