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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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