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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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