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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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