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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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