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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 #@¶#$^==,,
,,==^#¶@## SPRING)) ##@¶#^==,,
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,,==^$#¶@# = #@¶#$^==,,
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,,==^$#¶@# 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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