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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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