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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, ¨¨¨^~;†%&£
#£&%†;~^¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨^~;†%&£
#£&%†;~^¨¨ 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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