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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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###§$%*«,, I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ,,«*%$§###
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###§$%*«,, SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ,,«*%$§###
§§%**«,,,, BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ,,,,«**%§§
§$%%«,,,,, THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ,,,,,«%%$§
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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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§%%%«««,,, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,,,«««%%%§
###§$%*«,, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ,,«*%$§###
###§$%*«,, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,,«*%$§###
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§§§$$%*«,, PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ,,«*%$$§§§
§§%*«,,,,, 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 ,,«*%%%%§#
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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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