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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    ###£*†/~,,
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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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