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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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