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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))                 ¨¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§§¨§¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
¨¨§§¨§¨§§§                     -                    ¨¨¨¨¨§§¨§§
§¨§¨§§§§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨§§¨
§§§§§¨¨¨§¨ 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.                 §§§¨¨§§§§§
§¨§§§¨¨§§¨                                          ¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨
§§§¨¨§¨§¨§                    =                     ¨¨¨§§§§¨¨¨
§¨¨§¨§§§§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
§§¨§§§¨¨¨¨ 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.             ¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨
§§¨§¨¨§§¨§                                          §§§¨¨§§¨¨¨
§¨§§§¨§¨§§                     §                    §¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§§§¨¨§§§§¨                                          §§¨§§§§§§¨
§¨¨§¨§¨¨¨§ 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.      §§§§§¨¨¨§§
§§§§§§§§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨                    ¶                     ¨§¨¨¨§§¨§§
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§§                                          §§§¨¨§¨§§¨
¨§§¨¨¨¨¨§¨ 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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