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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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