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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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§¨§§¨§¨§§¨                    «                     ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
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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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§¨§§¨§¨§§¨                     §                    ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
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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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§¨§§¨§¨§§¨                    @                     ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
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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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