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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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§§¨¨¨§§¨¨§ $ §§§§§¨§§§¨
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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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