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,^-=^£¤@## ##@¤£^=-^,
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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. #@¤¤£^=-^,
,^-=^£¤@## ##@¤£^=-^,
,^-=^£¤@@# ^ #@@¤£^=-^,
,,,,^^=££¤ ¤££=^^,,,,
,^-=^£¤@## 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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