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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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