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,:-:%$§£@#             $ DREAM PALACE $             #@£§$%:-:,
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,:-:%$§£@#             : ..... ...... :             #@£§$%:-:,
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,:-:%$£@## 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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,:-:%$§£##                     -                    ##£§$%:-:,
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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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,:-:%$§£@#                    ,                     #@£§$%:-:,
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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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