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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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#@#$**-,,, ยค ,,,-**$#@#
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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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