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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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