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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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#@%†;;^^,,                    ~                     ,,^^;;†%@#
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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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