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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 ##@£¤^;=,,
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,,=;;;^^^£ 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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