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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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