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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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¶¶%%†.,,,, 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 ,.-†%%@¶¶¶
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##¶@%%†-., IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ,.-†%%@¶##
###@%%†-., EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ,.-†%%@###
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#¶¶@%%†-., 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 ,.-†%%@¶##
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##¶@%%†-., 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 ,.-†%%@¶##
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#@%††††-., "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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