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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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.-~==§£@## = ##@£§==~-.
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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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