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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 .......,«†
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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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