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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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