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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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