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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 #@#§@^=»,¨
¨,»=^@§#@# 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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