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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 ,^~†%%#@##
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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. ,^~†%%####
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