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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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