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#%^,¨¨¨¨¨¨ NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ¨¨¨¨¨¨,^%#
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#%^,,¨¨¨¨¨ 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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#%^««,¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨,«^†%####
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##%%^«¨¨¨¨ 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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