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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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