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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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