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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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,^=†$$#££# I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT  SIX AM. IT'S #££#$$†=^,
,,,,,^^†$# DARK, AND THE  STARS  ARE  OUT, BUT  THE #$†^^,,,,,
,,,^^^†$$# SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS  A  LONG  DAY, #$$†^^^,,,
,^=†$#£### BEFORE  IT  FADES  TO NIGHT  AGAIN,  AND ###£#$†=^,
,^=†$$#£## THEN IT  STAYS  SO  UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ##£#$$†=^,
,^=†$$#### IT  DOESN'T  RISE  UNLESS  I'VE  HAD  MY ####$$†=^,
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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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