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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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