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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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##@¤$*/«^,                    *                     ,^«/*$¤@##
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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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