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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.              &&&&£$†=-,
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,-=†$£¶###                     &                    ###¶£$†=-,
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,,,---†£&# I  HAVE  FRIENDS -  THERE'S A CAT, AND A #&£†---,,,
,---=††$£¶ 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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