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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 §¨¨¨§§¨§¨§
§¨§¨§¨§¨¨¨ 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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