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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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