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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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