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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)) ##¤%%=~,,,
,,,,,~=%£¤ ¤£%=~,,,,,
,~~=%£¤¤¤# ~ #¤¤¤£%=~~,
,~~=%£££## ##£££%=~~,
,~~=%£¤### 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. ###¤£%=~~,
,~~%£¤#### ####¤£%~~,
,,,,,~=%¤# % #¤%=~,,,,,
,,,~===%£¤ ¤£%===~,,,
,,,~~===%¤ 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. #¤¤%%==~~,
,~~~~=£££# #£££=~~~~,
,,,,,~=%£# ¤ #£%=~,,,,,
,~~=%£¤### ###¤£%=~~,
,~~=%£¤### 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. #£%~~~,,,,
,~~=%£¤### ###¤£%=~~,
,~~=%£¤### , ###¤£%=~~,
,~~===%£¤¤ ¤¤£%===~~,
,,,~~%£££# 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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