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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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