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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, ,,«««««†§§
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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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