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,,,,-\§&&@ $ DREAM PALACE $ @&&§\-,,,,
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,-~\§§§$@# $ ..... ...... $ #@$§§§\~-,
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,,,,~\§§§& NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE &§§§\~,,,,
,-~\§$&@## WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ##@&$§\~-,
,-~\§$&&&# OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND #&&&$§\~-,
,,,,,,-\$& MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, &$\-,,,,,,
,-~\§$&@## BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ##@&$§\~-,
,-~\§$&@## SPRING)) ##@&$§\~-,
,-~\§$&@@# #@@&$§\~-,
,-~\§$&@@# ~ #@@&$§\~-,
,-~\§$&@## ##@&$§\~-,
,-~\§$&@## I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ##@&$§\~-,
,-~\§$&@## DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ##@&$§\~-,
,--~\\\\$& 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. ##@&$§\~-,
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,-~\§&@### § ###@&§\~-,
,-~\§$&@## ##@&$§\~-,
,-~\§$$$$@ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO @$$$$§\~-,
,-~\\\\§&@ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE @&§\\\\~-,
,-~\§$&### PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ###&$§\~-,
,-~\§$&@@# MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO #@@&$§\~-,
,-~\§$&@## DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ##@&$§\~-,
,,,-~\§§§& DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, &§§§\~-,,,
,-~\§$&@## SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ##@&$§\~-,
,-~\§$&@## ##@&$§\~-,
,-~\§$&@## & ##@&$§\~-,
,-~\§$$&&@ @&&$$§\~-,
,,,,,,,~§& I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A &§~,,,,,,,
,,,,-\§&&# DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND #&&§\-,,,,
,-~\§$&&@@ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO @@&&$§\~-,
,-~\§$&@## THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ##@&$§\~-,
,,---\§&@@ MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND @@&§\---,,
,-~§$&@### SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ###@&$§~-,
,,,,,~~§&@ OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, @&§~~,,,,,
,,,-~\§&&# AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I #&&§\~-,,,
,-~\§$&@## CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ##@&$§\~-,
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,-~\\\$$@# @ #@$$\\\~-,
,-~\\§§$&@ @&$§§\\~-,
,-~\§$$$&# MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE #&$$$§\~-,
,,-~\\\§$@ METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN @$§\\\~-,,
,,,,,-~~§& "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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