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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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##¶£$%/=~. DARK,  AND  THE STARS ARE  OUT,  BUT THE .~=/%$£¶##
##¶£$%/=~. SUN  IS ABOUT  TO RISE. ITS A  LONG DAY, .~=/%$£¶##
##¶£$%/=~. BEFORE IT  FADES  TO  NIGHT  AGAIN,  AND .~=/%$£¶##
£%/////=~. 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, .~=///%%£#
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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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