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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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,^«††$&###                    †                     ###&$††«^,
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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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,^«††$&###                    &                     ###&$††«^,
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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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