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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))                 ¨¨,~†*$@¶#
##¶@$*†~,¨                                          ¨,~†*$@¶##
#¶@$*†~,¨¨                    ~                     ¨¨,~†*$@¶#
##¶@$*†~,¨                                          ¨,~†*$@¶##
#¶@$*†~,¨¨ 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.      ¨¨,~†*$@¶#
##¶@$*†~,¨                                          ¨,~†*$@¶##
#¶@$*†~,¨¨                    ¶                     ¨¨,~†*$@¶#
##¶@$*†~,¨                                          ¨,~†*$@¶##
#¶@$*†~,¨¨ 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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