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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 ..........
.......... Spring)) ..........
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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 @#$††--...
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....--††$# In This Cottage There'S A Lot Of Radio #$††--....
.....--††$ Equipment, Sound Stuff, Synths, Tape $††--.....
......--†† Players. Pen And Paper, Books, Cameras, ††--......
.......--† Mirrors, Prisms, And Various Things To †--.......
........-- Do Art With. The Fridge Is Filled With --........
.........- Differet Foods, All Of Them Intriguing, -.........
.......... Slightly Weird. ..........
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.......... I Have Friends - There'S A Cat, And A ..........
.......... Dog (Who Is Ridicolously Large And ..........
.......... Wants To Be The Big Spoon). I Listen To ..........
.......... The Shortwave Radio, And Transmit A Bit ..........
.......... Myself, Songs And Poetry, And Found ..........
.........- Sounds From The Forest. The Others Tell -.........
........-- Of Their Lives, Play The Guitar For Me, --........
.......--† And Tell Tales Of The Old World. I †--.......
......--†† Consider Them Friends As Well. ††--......
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...--††$#@ 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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