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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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