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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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