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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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%/~^,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,^~/%
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%/~^,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,^~/%
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%/~^,,,,,, 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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$%/~^,,,,, WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ,,,,,^~/%$
§$%/~^,,,, THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,,,,^~/%$§
#§$%/~^,,, IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ,,,^~/%$§#
##§$%/~^,, LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ,,^~/%$§##
###§$%/~^, FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ,^~/%$§###
##§$%/~^,, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,,^~/%$§##
#§$%/~^,,, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,,,^~/%$§#
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