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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, ¨¨¨¨¨¨,-§§
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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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