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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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