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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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