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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 ¨:«:*%&###
##&%*:«:¨¨ 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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