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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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.,,««*$$## I HAVE  FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT,  AND  A ##$$*««,,.
.,«*^$@### DOG  (WHO  IS  RIDICOLOUSLY   LARGE  AND ###@$^*«,.
.,«*^$@### WANTS TO BE THE BIG  SPOON). I LISTEN TO ###@$^*«,.
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......«*$@ MYSELF,  SONGS  AND  POETRY,  AND  FOUND @$*«......
.,«*^$@### SOUNDS FROM THE  FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ###@$^*«,.
.,«**^$$## OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY  THE GUITAR FOR ME, ##$$^**«,.
.,«*^$@### AND  TELL  TALES  OF  THE  OLD  WORLD. I ###@$^*«,.
....«*^^@#      CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL.      #@^^*«....
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.,«^$@#### MOST  IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO  SQUARE ####@$^«,.
.,«*^$@### METER  AREA  ON  THE  FLOOR WHERE I  CAN ###@$^*«,.
.,«*^$@### "SAVE"  THINGS.  WHATEVER I PUT  IN HERE ###@$^*«,.
.,«*^^$@@# WILL  NOT BE  AFFECTED  BY  THE  NIGHTLY #@@$^^*«,.
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.,«*^$@###    COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH     ###@$^*«,.
....,,,*$#  PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS   #$*,,,....
.,«*^$@### HEALED,  AND WHEREVER  AND  WHENEVER I'D ###@$^*«,.
.....«^^^@ 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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