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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 ,.=/%%¤@##
#@%/.,,,,, 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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