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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 ,,«:†@§@@#
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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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