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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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