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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, ,,,,~†==¤#
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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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