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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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