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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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