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,~==†$@@## $ DREAM PALACE $ ##@@$†==~,
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,~==†$@@## $ ..... ...... $ ##@@$†==~,
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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, @@†==~,,,,
,,,,===$@# BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE #@$===,,,,
,~==†$@@@@ SPRING)) @@@@$†==~,
,~==†$@@## ##@@$†==~,
,~==†$@@## = ##@@$†==~,
,~==†$@@## ##@@$†==~,
,~==†$@@## I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ##@@$†==~,
,~~====$@# DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE #@$====~~,
,~==†$@@## SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ##@@$†==~,
,,,,~=$$@@ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND @@$$=~,,,,
,~=====$$@ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. @$$=====~,
,~==†$@### IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ###@$†==~,
,,~~~~=$@@ DREAMS. @@$=~~~~,,
,~==†$@@## ##@@$†==~,
,~==†$@@@@ † @@@@$†==~,
,~==†$@@## ##@@$†==~,
,~==†$@@## IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ##@@$†==~,
~==†$@@### EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ###@@$†==~
,,,,,,,=†@ 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, #@†=,,,,,,
,~==†$@@## SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ##@@$†==~,
,~==†$@@## ##@@$†==~,
,~==†$@@## @ ##@@$†==~,
,~==†$@@## ##@@$†==~,
,~==$@@### I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ###@@$==~,
,~==†$@@@@ DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND @@@@$†==~,
,,,,~==$@@ WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO @@$==~,,,,
,,,,,=†$@@ THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT @@$†=,,,,,
,~==†$@@## MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ##@@$†==~,
,~==†$@@@# SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL #@@@$†==~,
,~==†@@### 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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