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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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