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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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