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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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