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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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