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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. ,,,,,,,,,,
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