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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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