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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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