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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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