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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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#@§;,,,,,, 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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