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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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