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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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