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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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