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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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,^«†=$&£@#                     =                    #@£&$=†«^,
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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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