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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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,,,.~^@£##                     ~                    ##£@^~.,,,
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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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