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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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