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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. #¤¤%§«,,,,
,,,,,^§§¤¤ ¤¤§§^,,,,,
,,,,,,««§¤ § ¤§««,,,,,,
,,,,,«^^§¤ ¤§^^«,,,,,
,,,,,,«§§¤ 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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