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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 ¨#¨¨#¨#¨#¨
##¨#¨#¨#¨# 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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