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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, ,-~††%%%§@
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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 ,-~††††%%§
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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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