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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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