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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 ¨-~†§§§%##
###§%§†~-¨ 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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