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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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¨¨-~:†§&##                     ~                    ##&§†:~-¨¨
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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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