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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))                 #&^~^^^,,,
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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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