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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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#@@@§~--,, 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 ,,,--~^@§#
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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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###§@§^~-, METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ,-~^§@§###
###§@§^~-, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,-~^§@§###
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###§@§^~-, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,-~^§@§###
§@^~-,,,,, COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ,,,,,-~^@§
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#@§§§~~-,, 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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#§§§^~-,,, 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. ,,,,--~^@§
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