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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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