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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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