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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 ,,^~=*&#£#
£#&*=~^,,, 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 ,,,,,,,^~=
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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. ,,,^~=*&#£
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