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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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