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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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#¤¤^^--::, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,::--^^¤¤#
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#$^^-,,,,, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,,,,,-^^$#
#¤^\-,,,,, 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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