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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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