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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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,,,,,,=†£#                    #                     #£†=,,,,,,
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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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