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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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,.~†%*§### % ###§*%†~.,
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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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,.~†%*§§§§ # §§§§*%†~.,
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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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