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