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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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