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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. ,^«;%§&###
##&§§%;«^, 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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