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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 ..~;§@§###
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###§@§;~.. 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 ..~;§@§###
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###§@§;~.. 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. ..~;§@§###
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