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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))                 ,,^-:%$¤@#
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#@¤$%:-^,,                    -                     ,,^-:%$¤@#
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#@¤$%:-^,, 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.      ,,^-:%$¤@#
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#@¤$%:-^,,                     @                    ,,^-:%$¤@#
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#@¤$%:-^,, 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. ,^-:%$¤@##
#@¤$%:-^,,                                          ,,^-:%$¤@#
##@¤$%:-^,                    ,                     ,^-:%$¤@##
#@¤$%:-^,,                                          ,,^-:%$¤@#
##@¤$%:-^, 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. ,^-:%$¤@##
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#@¤$%:-^,,                                          ,,^-:%$¤@#
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