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###@$§:-^. NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE .^-:§$@###
###@$§:-^. WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY .^-:§$@###
#@@$:^.... OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ....^:$@@#
###@$§:-^. MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, .^-:§$@###
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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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