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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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