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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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¶%*=,,,,,, 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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