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#@£§%†*~,¨ Not Actually A Palace. A Cottage  In The ¨,~*†%§£@#
##£§%†*~,¨   Woods (Temperate Climate, Rains Every  ¨,~*†%§£##
§†*~¨¨¨¨¨¨ Other  Day,  Springs  And  Streams   And ¨¨¨¨¨¨~*†§
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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, ¨¨¨,**††%£
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@§§§%†*~,¨ 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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