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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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