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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, §££^=,,,,,
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,.=^§£§@##      CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL.      ##@§£§^=.,
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,.=^§£§@@# 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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