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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))                 ,&,,,,&&,&
,,,&,,,&,,                                          ,&&,,,&,&&
&,,&&,,&&,                     ~                    &&,&,,&&&,
&&,&,&,&,&                                          &,&&&,&,,&
,,&&&&&&&& 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.                 &&&,,,,&,&
,,&&&&,,&,                                          &,,&,,,&&&
&,&,,,&,&&                    =                     ,&,&&,,&,,
&&&&,,&&&,                                          &&&&,&,&&,
&,,,&,&,,& 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.      &,&,,,&,&,
&&&,&&&,,&                                          ,&&&,,&&&&
,,,&&,,&,&                     #                    ,&,,&,&,,,
,,,&,&,&&&                                          ,&&,&&&&,,
,,,&&&&&,, 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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