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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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