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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 ¨,«=†%§@##
##@¶§%†=«¨ 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 ¨,«=†%§¶##
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§%=,¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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