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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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