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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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