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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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§$%†=,,,,, AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ,,,,,=†%$§
¶§$%†=,,,, WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ,,,,=†%$§¶
#¶§$%†=,,, THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,,,=†%$§¶#
##¶§$%†=,, IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ,,=†%$§¶##
#¶§$%†=,,, LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ,,,=†%$§¶#
¶§$%†=,,,, FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ,,,,=†%$§¶
§$%†=,,,,, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,,,,,=†%$§
$%†=,,,,,, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,,,,,,=†%$
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