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¨,~†*@#### NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ####@*†~,¨
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¨,~†*@#¶## OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ##¶#@*†~,¨
¨,~†*@@@#¶ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ¶#@@@*†~,¨
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¨,~†*@#¶## 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 ¶@*††~~¨¨¨
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¨,~†*@#¶## 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 ¶@*†,¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨,~†@##¶ - 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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