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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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