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,,,^~~†$$§             $ DREAM PALACE $             §$$†~~^,,,
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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     §^~~~~~^,,
,^~†^$§¶##                 SPRING))                 ##¶§$^†~^,
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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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,^~†^$§¶##                    ^                     ##¶§$^†~^,
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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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