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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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