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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 $=/-~.....
......~-/= PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, =/-~......
.......~-/ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO /-~.......
........~- DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH -~........
.........~ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ~.........
.......... SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ..........
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.......... £ ..........
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.......... I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ..........
.......... DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ..........
.......... WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ..........
.......... THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ..........
.......... MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ..........
.........~ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ~.........
........~- OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, -~........
.......~-/ AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I /-~.......
......~-/= CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. =/-~......
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..~-/=$£## 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. =/-~......
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