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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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