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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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