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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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