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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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