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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 ¨~=†=%§@@@
###@§=†=~¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨~=†=§@###
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##@§%=†=~¨ 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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