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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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