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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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