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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)) #£¤¤††^~,.
.,~^†¤¤£## ##£¤¤†^~,.
.,~^†¤¤£## ~ ##£¤¤†^~,.
...,,~^^†¤ ¤†^^~,,...
.....,~^¤¤ 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. ¤¤¤¤†~~~,.
.....~~†¤£ £¤†~~.....
.,~^†¤¤££# £ #££¤¤†^~,.
.,~^†¤¤£## ##£¤¤†^~,.
.,~^†¤¤££# 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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