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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 ¨¨¨¨¨^~^*%
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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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