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##§%-,,,,,             $ DREAM PALACE $             ,,,,,-%§##
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@#§%^--,,, NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE.  A COTTAGE IN THE ,,,--^%§#@
§§§$%%^-~,   WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY  ,~-^%%$§§§
@§$%-~,,,, OTHER   DAY,  SPRINGS  AND  STREAMS  AND ,,,,~-%$§@
#§§$$%^-~,   MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS,   ,~-^%$$§§#
@@#§$%^-~,     BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE    ,~-^%$§#@@
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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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