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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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\=-,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,-=
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§\=-,,,,,, "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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\=-,,,,,,, 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. ,,-=\§£#
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