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,,,~«:%*@# * DREAM PALACE * #@*%:«~,,,
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,~«:%*@### * ..... ...... * ###@*%:«~,
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,,,~«:%*@# ~ ..... ...... ~ #@*%:«~,,,
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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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,,,,,~«:%* % *%:«~,,,,,
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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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,,,,,~«:%* # *%:«~,,,,,
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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. ##@*%:«~,,
,~«:%*@### ###@*%:«~,
,,~«:%*@## , ##@*%:«~,,
,,,~«:%*@# #@*%:«~,,,
,,,,~«:%*@ 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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