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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)) ¤¤¤£††\~~,
,~~\†£¤### ###¤£†\~~,
,,,,~~\†£¤ ~ ¤£†\~~,,,,
,~~\†£¤### ###¤£†\~~,
,,,,,,~~†¤ 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. #£†\~~,,,,
,~~\†£¤### ###¤£†\~~,
,,,,,,~\£¤ † ¤£\~,,,,,,
,~~\£¤#### ####¤£\~~,
,~~\†££¤¤# 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. ###¤£†\~~,
,~~\†£¤### ###¤£†\~~,
,,,,~\£££¤ ¤ ¤£££\~,,,,
,~~\†£#### ####£†\~~,
,,,,,~\\£# 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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