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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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§$^^:¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨:^^$§
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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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