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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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