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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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