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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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