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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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##@&§=†»,¨                    »                     ¨,»†=§&@##
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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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##@&§=†»,¨                     &                    ¨,»†=§&@##
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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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##@&§=†»,¨                    @                     ¨,»†=§&@##
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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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###@&§=†»,                     ¨                    ,»†=§&@###
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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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