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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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