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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, .~~/=£@@@#
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@££/~~.... 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. .....~~=£@
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