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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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