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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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,,,,,,,### 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 ######,,##
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,,####,,,, PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ####,,####
,,,##,,### MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ###,,,,##,
##,,,,,,## DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ##,,##,,,,
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#,,##,,,,, 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 #,,####,,#
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########## 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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