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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 ,,,,,,-==*
%*==-,,,,, SPRING)) ,,,,,-==*%
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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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