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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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