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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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