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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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