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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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