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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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,,»=†@§### 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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