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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    ,,###,,,,#
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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 #,##,,,,,,
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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. ##,,,,#,,#
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