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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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£§~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ DOG  (WHO  IS  RIDICOLOUSLY   LARGE  AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~§£
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#£§/:¨¨¨¨¨ 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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