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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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,,,,-%%%##                    £                     ##%%%-,,,,
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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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,,,,,,^/%#                     ,                    #%/^,,,,,,
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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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