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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     £££††;;«^,
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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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