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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. ,,^-:§&#
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