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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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,^-*%%&£@#                     %                    #@£&%%*-^,
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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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