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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.                  ##¶&%†*=,,
,,=*†%&¶##                                          ##¶&%†*=,,
,,,,=*†%&#                     †                    #&%†*=,,,,
,,,,=**%%&                                          &%%**=,,,,
,,=*†%&¶## 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. #¶¶&%†*=,,
,,,,***†&&                                          &&†***,,,,
,,=*†%&&¶#                    ,                     #¶&&%†*=,,
,,,,,,*†%&                                          &%†*,,,,,,
,,,,,**%¶# 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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