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##§§%«.¨¨¨ NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ¨¨¨.«%§§##
#§§^.¨¨¨¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨¨¨¨.^§§#
§%%^««¨¨¨¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨¨¨¨««^%%§
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###§§%^«.¨ 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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