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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, ,,,^^\\††§
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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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