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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, @@¤¤%§:~,¨
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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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¨,~:§%¤@## ¨ ##@¤%§:~,¨
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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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