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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 ,:~/^¤¤@##
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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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¤¤¤¤¤^/~:, 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 :~/^¤¤@###
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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 ,:~/^¤¤###
###¤¤^/~:, 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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