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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. ###¤&†\«,,
,,«\†&¤£## ##£¤&†\«,,
,,«\†&¤£## ¤ ##£¤&†\«,,
,,,,,«\&££ ££&\«,,,,,
,,«\†&¤£## 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. ##£¤&†\«,,
,,«\†&¤£## ##£¤&†\«,,
,,«\†&¤£## , ##£¤&†\«,,
,,«\†&¤£## ##£¤&†\«,,
,,,,««†&££ 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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