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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. .......-=^
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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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@^=-...... 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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^=-....... WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND .......-=^
@^=-...... THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ......-=^@
@@^=-..... IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A .....-=^@@
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