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####$$^-,, $ DREAM PALACE $ ,,-^$$####
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#$^-,,,,,, NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ,,,,,,-^$#
#####$$^,, WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ,,^$$#####
####$$^-,, OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ,,-^$$####
##$$-,,,,, MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ,,,,,-$$##
####$$^-,, BIRDLAND-ISH ETERNAL SPRING (LATE ,,-^$$####
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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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