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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. ,^-\§$&£££
#£&§-^,,,, IT  DOESN'T  RISE  UNLESS  I'VE  HAD  MY ,,,,^-§&£#
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##£&$§\-^, 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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