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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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