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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)) ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§ = ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨ §¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨ † §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ ¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ 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. §¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨ ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§ § ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ §¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨
¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. §¨§§¨¨¨§§§
§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨ ¨¨§§§¨¨§¨§
§§¨¨§¨¨§¨¨ £ ¨¨§¨§§¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨§¨¨§¨ ¨¨¨¨§§§¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨§¨¨§ 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. ¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§¨¨¨§¨§§ §¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
¨§§§¨¨¨¨§§ ¨ ¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨¨
¨§¨§§¨¨¨§¨ ¨¨§¨¨§¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨ 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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