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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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