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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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,^~/*£#@## 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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