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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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