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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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,~»†%£&¶## , ##¶&£%†»~,
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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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