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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.             ####£*$:~,
,,~:$*£###                                          ###£*$:~,,
,,,~:$*£##                    £                     ##£*$:~,,,
,,~:$*£###                                          ###£*$:~,,
,~:$*£#### 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.      ####£*$:~,
,,~:$*£###                                          ###£*$:~,,
,,,~:$*£##                    #                     ##£*$:~,,,
,,~:$*£###                                          ###£*$:~,,
,~:$*£#### 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. ###£*$:~,,
,~:$*£####                                          ####£*$:~,
,,~:$*£###                     ,                    ###£*$:~,,
,,,~:$*£##                                          ##£*$:~,,,
,,~:$*£### 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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