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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 ¨,«/*£¶###
##¶¤£*/«,¨                  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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