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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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