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,.«/=¤§#@# #@#§¤=/«.,
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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. ###§¤=/«.,
,.«/=¤#@## ##@#¤=/«.,
,.«/=¤§#@@ = @@#§¤=/«.,
,.«/=¤§#@# #@#§¤=/«.,
,.«/=¤§#@@ 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. ###§¤=/«.,
,.«/=¤§#@# #@#§¤=/«.,
,.«/=¤¤§§§ # §§§¤¤=/«.,
,.«/=¤§### ###§¤=/«.,
,.«/=¤§#@# 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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,.«/=¤§#@# #@#§¤=/«.,
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