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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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