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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 ¤¤....¤...
.¤.¤¤....¤ SPRING)) .¤¤....¤..
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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 ..¤.¤¤...¤
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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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