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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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