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,,,,,,,,,,             $ DREAM PALACE $             ,,,,,,,,,,
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$%^~,,,,,, NOT ACTUALLY  A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ,,,,,,~^%$
£$%^~,,,,,  WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY   ,,,,,~^%$£
#£$%^~,,,, OTHER  DAY,  SPRINGS  AND   STREAMS  AND ,,,,~^%$£#
##£$%^~,,,   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ,,,~^%$£##
###£$%^~,,    BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE     ,,~^%$£###
##£$%^~,,,                 SPRING))                 ,,,~^%$£##
#£$%^~,,,,                                          ,,,,~^%$£#
£$%^~,,,,,                     ~                    ,,,,,~^%$£
$%^~,,,,,,                                          ,,,,,,~^%$
%^~,,,,,,, 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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#£$%^~,,,,                    ,                     ,,,,~^%$£#
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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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