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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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¤†::¨¨¨¨¨¨ I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ¨¨¨¨¨¨::†¤
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@@¤&&†:»:¨ 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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