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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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