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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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