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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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