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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, ##¶@%*\«,.
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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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