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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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