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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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