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###¤$†/«,¨             $ DREAM PALACE $             ¨,«/†$¤###
###¤$†/«,¨             , ----- ------ ,             ¨,«/†$¤###
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###¤$†/«,¨             / ..... ...... /             ¨,«/†$¤###
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#¤¤†«¨¨¨¨¨ NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A  COTTAGE IN THE ¨¨¨¨¨«†¤¤#
¤†††«¨¨¨¨¨  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   ¨¨¨¨¨«†††¤
¤¤$/,¨¨¨¨¨ 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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