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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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