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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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