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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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¨,»†^§&### & ###&§^†»,¨
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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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