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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     ,^~*=@&¶¶¶
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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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