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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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