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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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