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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, &.&&..&...
&.&&..&&.. 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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