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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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