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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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