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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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