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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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