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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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,-«*%$£@##                     «                    ##@£$%*«-,
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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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