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,&,&,&&,&,             £ DREAM PALACE £             &&&&,,&,,&
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,,,&,&,,&&             † ..... ...... †             ,&,,&&,&,,
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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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&,,,,&&&,,                     †                    ,,,&&,&,&&
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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.             &&&&&,&&,,
&&,&,&,,&,                                          ,,,,&&,&,&
,&&&&&,&&,                    &                     ,,,&,&&&&,
&,,,,&&,&,                                          ,,&&&,,,&,
&,,,&,&&&& 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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,&,&,,,,&&                    £                     ,,,,,&&&,&
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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. &,&,&&&,,,
,&,&,&&,&,                                          &&&&,,&,,&
&&&&&,&&&&                    ,                     ,,,&,&&,&&
,,,,&&,,,&                                          ,,&&&,&&,,
,,,&,&,,&& 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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