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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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