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..,-^=%§¶#             % DREAM PALACE %             #¶§%=^-,..
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..,-^=%§¶#  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   #¶§%=^-,..
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....,-^=%§  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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