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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 #£^«,,,,,,
,,,,«/^¤## 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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