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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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,~=:^£§¶@# #@¶§£^:=~,
,,,,,,~:£§ = §£:~,,,,,,
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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. @¶¶§£^:=~,
,~=:^£§¶@@ @@¶§£^:=~,
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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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