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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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