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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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