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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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