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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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##@¤$^†~-¨ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ¨-~†^$¤@##
#@$†~-¨¨¨¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨¨¨¨-~†$@#
###¤$^†~-¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨-~†^$¤###
#@@¤$^†~-¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨-~†^$¤@@#
##@¤$^†~-¨ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ¨-~†^$¤@##
#@@¤$^†~-¨ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ¨-~†^$¤@@#
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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 ¨¨¨-~^^^¤#
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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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##@¤$^†~-¨ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ¨-~†^$¤@##
##@¤$^†~-¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨-~†^$¤@##
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#¤$$^^†~-¨ LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ¨-~†^^$$¤#
##@¤$^†~-¨ FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ¨-~†^$¤@##
##@¤$^†~-¨ - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ¨-~†^$¤@##
#@¤¤$^†~-¨ ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ¨-~†^$¤¤@#
¤^~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~^¤
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