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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, ,,,,,,,,~=
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,,,,,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,,,~=
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,,,,,,,,,, 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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