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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 ##@£%%;~^,
,^~;%%£¶¶¶                  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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