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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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