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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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