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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 ,,,,~^§§@@
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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 ,,,,,~=§§#
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##@§§^=~-, 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. ,-~=^§§§§@
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