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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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