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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 ,,,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,,, SPRING)) ,,,,,,,,,,
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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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¤$*;»~,,,, EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ,,,,~»;*$¤
$*;»~,,,,, PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,,,,,~»;*$
*;»~,,,,,, 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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@£¤$*;»~,, METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ,,~»;*$¤£@
£¤$*;»~,,, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,,,~»;*$¤£
¤$*;»~,,,, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ,,,,~»;*$¤
$*;»~,,,,, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,,,,,~»;*$
*;»~,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,~»;*
$*;»~,,,,, FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ,,,,,~»;*$
¤$*;»~,,,, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,,,,~»;*$¤
£¤$*;»~,,, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,,,~»;*$¤£
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