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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)) §§¨¨§§§§¨¨
§§¨¨§§¨¨¨¨ ¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨ - ¨¨§§§§¨¨§§
¨§§§§§§§¨¨ §¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ 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. §¨§¨¨§§§§§
§§§§¨§¨§¨§ §§§§¨§¨¨¨¨
§¨¨¨§§§§§§ * §¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨
§§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨ §§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
§¨§¨§§¨¨¨¨ 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. §¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨§§¨¨§§ §§§§§§¨¨§§
¨¨¨§§¨§¨§¨ § ¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨§§§§§ ¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§§
§¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨§¨§§§§§§¨
§§¨§§§§¨§§ ¨§§§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨¨§§¨¨¨§§¨ # §§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨§¨§¨¨§¨§ §¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§§§§¨§§§ 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. ¨§¨§§¨§§¨§
§¨§§§§¨§§§ §§§§¨§§¨§§
¨§§¨¨¨§§¨¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨§§¨§§¨
¨§¨§¨¨§¨§¨ §¨¨¨§¨§§¨§
§§§§§¨§§§§ 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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