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###&@%;~^¨ NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ¨^~;%@&###
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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, ^~;%@&####
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##&@%;~^¨¨ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¨¨^~;%@&##
###&@%;~^¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨^~;%@&###
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###&@%;~^¨ 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 ¨^~;%@&###
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###&@%;~^¨ 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 ¨¨^~;%@&##
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####&@%;~^ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ^~;%@&####
###&@%;~^¨ WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ¨^~;%@&###
##&@%;~^¨¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨¨^~;%@&##
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##&@%;~^¨¨ 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 ¨^~;%@&###
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###&@%;~^¨ 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. ^~;%@&####
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