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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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