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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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.~=^%$§¶## MOST IMPORTANTLY,  THERE'S  A TWO SQUARE ##¶§$%^=~.
.~=^%$§¶## METER  AREA  ON  THE FLOOR WHERE  I  CAN ##¶§$%^=~.
.~=^%$§¶## "SAVE"  THINGS.  WHATEVER I PUT IN  HERE ##¶§$%^=~.
.~=^%$§¶## WILL  NOT  BE  AFFECTED  BY  THE NIGHTLY ##¶§$%^=~.
.~=^%%$$§§    RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS   §§$$%%^=~.
.~=^%$¶###     COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH    ###¶$%^=~.
.~=^%$§¶##   PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS  ##¶§$%^=~.
......~^$§ HEALED,  AND  WHEREVER AND WHENEVER  I'D §$^~......
.~=^%§¶### 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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