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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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##&*=^,,,,                     *                    ,,,,^=*&##
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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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