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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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