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