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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 ,,,,,,^~/§
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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 ,,,,,,,,^~
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§/~^,,,,,, 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 ,,,,,,^~/§
$§/~^,,,,, FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ,,,,,^~/§$
&$§/~^,,,, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,,,,^~/§$&
#&$§/~^,,, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,,,^~/§$&#
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