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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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