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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 ,,,,,,«§#¶
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¶#$$††,,,, IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ,,,,††$$#¶
##¶#$§†«,, EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ,,«†§$#¶##
##¶#$§†«,, PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,,«†§$#¶##
¶¶$†,,,,,, MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ,,,,,,†$¶¶
#$$†«,,,,, DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,,,,,«†$$#
##¶#$§†«,, DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,,«†§$#¶##
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#$$††††«,, DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ,,«††††$$#
¶##§§«,,,, WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ,,,,«§§##¶
¶¶¶#$§†«,, THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ,,«†§$#¶¶¶
##$†,,,,,, MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ,,,,,,†$##
##¶#$§†«,, SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,,«†§$#¶##
##¶#$§†«,, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,,«†§$#¶##
##¶#$§†«,, AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ,,«†§$#¶##
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##¶#$§†«,, METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ,,«†§$#¶##
##¶#$§†«,, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,,«†§$#¶##
##¶#$§†«,, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ,,«†§$#¶##
#$†««,,,,, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,,,,,««†$#
¶##§§«,,,, COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ,,,,«§§##¶
#$†,,,,,,, PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ,,,,,,,†$#
##§§†,,,,, HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ,,,,,†§§##
##¶#$§†«,, FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ,,«†§$#¶##
#¶¶#$§†«,, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,,«†§$#¶¶#
##¶#$§†«,, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,,«†§$#¶##
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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 ,,««««««§#
##¶#$§†«,, LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ,,«†§$#¶##
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##¶#$§†«,, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,,«†§$#¶##
¶¶#$§«,,,, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,,,,«§$#¶¶
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