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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. ¶#@%:-^...
..^-:%@#¶# #¶#@%:-^..
.^-:%@#¶## # ##¶#@%:-^.
..^-:%@#¶# #¶#@%:-^..
...^-:%@#¶ 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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