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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.             ¨§§¨¨¨¨¨¨§
¨¨¨¨¨§¨§¨§                                          §§¨§¨¨¨¨¨§
§¨¨¨¨§§§§§                    §                     ¨¨§§§¨¨¨¨§
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨                                          §¨§¨¨§¨¨¨§
§§§¨¨§§¨¨¨ 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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