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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,   ,-~/*%@£##
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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, ,,,,,-~*@£
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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 ,,,,~//*@#
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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 ,,,,,,-~*@
@@%**//~-, 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 ,,,-/**@@@
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###£%*/~-, ME, THEY NEVER  REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,-~/*%£###
£@@@%*/~-, THIS  IS  A  MYSTERY  WE  OFTEN DISCUSS. ,-~/*%@@@£
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