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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:-^
*^-:¨¨¨¨¨¨ SPRING)) ¨¨¨¨¨¨:-^*
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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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