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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,   ##@§£%:«-,
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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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