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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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