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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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