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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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