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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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