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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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