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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 ........^~
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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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