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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 $==~^.....
......^~== DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ==~^......
.......^~= SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, =~^.......
........^~ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ~^........
.........^ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ^.........
.......... IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ..........
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.......... IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ..........
.......... EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ..........
.......... PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ..........
.......... MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ..........
.........^ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ^.........
........^~ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ~^........
.......^~= SLIGHTLY WEIRD. =~^.......
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...^~==$¤# 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. =~^.......
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