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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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#$%=-^,,,, ยง ,,,,^-=%$#
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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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