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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,   £§§%~~~~..
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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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