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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 ¨¨¨¨~\\==¤
¤=~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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¶¶¤==~~~¨¨ 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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