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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, ......-~/^
$^/~-..... BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE .....-~/^$
&$^/~-.... SPRING)) ....-~/^$&
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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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