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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)) ¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨
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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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