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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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