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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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