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,^«\§£¤£## NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN  THE ##£¤£§\«^,
,^«\§£¤£##   WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY  ##£¤£§\«^,
,^«\§££¤¤# OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS   AND #¤¤££§\«^,
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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. £¤¤££§\«^,
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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, £¤¤§§««,,,
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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 ##£¤£§\«^,
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,,,,««\£¤¤ 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 ##£¤£§\«^,
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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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