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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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