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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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