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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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,^~\§%£##@ 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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