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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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