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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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