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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 &%%\«,,,,,
,,,,,\$$$& ACCIDENTS   WHERE   I  LOSE   STUFF   BY &$$$\,,,,,
,,«\%$&£## FORGETTING  TO  PUT THEM IN  THE SQUARE. ##£&$%\«,,
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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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