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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)) ####¤$†^«^
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,,^«^†$¤## « ##¤$†^«^,,
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^«^†$¤#### 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. ####¤$†^«^
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,,^«^†$¤## ¤ ##¤$†^«^,,
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^«^†$¤#### 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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