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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. $;-^......
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.......... IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ..........
.........^ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ^.........
........^- PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, -^........
.......^-; MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ;-^.......
......^-;$ 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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