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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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