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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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