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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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.,«=†£§¶@@ 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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