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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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,,,,~=†%¶# #¶%†=~,,,,
,:~=†%#¶## 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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,:~=†%#¶## # ##¶#%†=~:,
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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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