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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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