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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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