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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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