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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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