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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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