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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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