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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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,,,,,^^=*§ 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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