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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.             @$†~,,,,,,
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,,~†$@#### 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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