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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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