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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. ,,,~«:%%§#
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