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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)) #§¤††-....
.,-†=§#### ####§=†-,.
.,-†=¤§### - ###§¤=†-,.
....-==¤§# #§¤==-....
.,-†=¤§### 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. #¤¤=-,....
.,-†=¤¤§§# #§§¤¤=†-,.
.,-†=¤§### § ###§¤=†-,.
.,-†=¤§### ###§¤=†-,.
.,-†=¤§### 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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