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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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