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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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