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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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