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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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####$††~~, I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ,~~††$####
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####$††~~, SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ,~~††$####
#$†~~,,,,, BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ,,,,,~~†$#
###††~,,,, THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ,,,,~††###
####$††~~, IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ,~~††$####
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####$††~~, EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ,~~††$####
#†~~~,,,,, 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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####$††~~, I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ,~~††$####
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####$††~~, WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ,~~††$####
####$††~~, THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ,~~††$####
##$†~~,,,, MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ,,,,~~†$##
#$†~~,,,,, SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,,,,,~~†$#
#$†††~,,,, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,,,,~†††$#
####$††~~, AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ,~~††$####
#$$†††~~,, CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ,,~~†††$$#
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####$††~~, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ,~~††$####
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####$††~~, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,~~††$####
####$††~~, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ,~~††$####
####$††~~, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,~~††$####
####$††~~, COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ,~~††$####
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####$††~~, HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ,~~††$####
##††~,,,,, FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ,,,,,~††##
####$††~~, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,~~††$####
####$††~~, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,~~††$####
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##$††††~~, WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ,~~††††$##
#$$††††~~, THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,~~††††$$#
####$††~~, IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ,~~††$####
#$†~,,,,,, LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ,,,,,,~†$#
##$†††~,,, FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ,,,~†††$##
####$††~~, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,~~††$####
####$††~~, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,~~††$####
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