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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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..«\†£@¶@# 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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