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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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,,^~†£@### 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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