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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 ¨¨¨^=†^@##
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####@^†=^¨ 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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