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,~~;†$#¶## $ DREAM PALACE $ ##¶#$†;~~,
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,,,,~;;$$¶ NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ¶$$;;~,,,,
,,,~;;;††# WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY #††;;;~,,,
,~~;†$$$$¶ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¶$$$$†;~~,
,~~;†$#¶## MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ##¶#$†;~~,
,~~;†$#¶## BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ##¶#$†;~~,
,~~;†$#¶¶¶ SPRING)) ¶¶¶#$†;~~,
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,~~;$#¶### ~ ###¶#$;~~,
,~;†$#¶### ###¶#$†;~,
,~~;†$#¶## I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S ##¶#$†;~~,
,~~;†$#¶## DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ##¶#$†;~~,
,~~;†$#¶¶¶ SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ¶¶¶#$†;~~,
,~~;†$#¶## BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ##¶#$†;~~,
,,,~~~~†$¶ THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ¶$†~~~~,,,
,,~~;;$#¶¶ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¶¶#$;;~~,,
,~~;†$#¶## DREAMS. ##¶#$†;~~,
,~~;†$#¶## ##¶#$†;~~,
,~~;†$#¶## † ##¶#$†;~~,
,~~;††$$#¶ ¶#$$††;~~,
,~~;†$#¶## 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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