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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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