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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))                 ###¤$%=«,,
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,,«=%$¤### 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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