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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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@$%^«:,,,,                     ,                    ,,,,:«^%$@
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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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