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¨,~^†*¤¤¤¤             * DREAM PALACE *             ¤¤¤¤*†^~,¨
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¨,~^†*¤¶¶¶             ^ ..... ...... ^             ¶¶¶¤*†^~,¨
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¨,~^†*¤¶¶#             , ..... ...... ,             #¶¶¤*†^~,¨
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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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