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#¤*:«¨¨¨¨¨ NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ¨¨¨¨¨«:*¤#
##@¤*$:«:¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨:«:$*¤@##
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#¤$«¨¨¨¨¨¨ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ¨¨¨¨¨¨«$¤#
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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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#@@¤*$:«:¨ I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ¨:«:$*¤@@#
¤¤$«¨¨¨¨¨¨ DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ¨¨¨¨¨¨«$¤¤
##@¤*$:«:¨ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ¨:«:$*¤@##
##@¤*$:«:¨ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ¨:«:$*¤@##
##@¤*$:«:¨ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ¨:«:$*¤@##
##@¤*$:«:¨ SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ¨:«:$*¤@##
##@¤*$:«:¨ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ¨:«:$*¤@##
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@¤$«:¨¨¨¨¨ MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ¨¨¨¨¨:«$¤@
#@¤*:««¨¨¨ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ¨¨¨««:*¤@#
##@¤*$:«:¨ "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ¨:«:$*¤@##
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##@¤*$:«:¨ RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ¨:«:$*¤@##
¤¤¤¤*$:«:¨ COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ¨:«:$*¤¤¤¤
#@¤$::¨¨¨¨ PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ¨¨¨¨::$¤@#
¤*:::«¨¨¨¨ 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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