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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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