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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 ##@@$$^~.,
,.~^$@@### CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ###@@$^~.,
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,.~^$$$@@@ @ @@@$$$^~.,
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,.~^$$$$@# MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE #@$$$$^~.,
,.~^$$@### 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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