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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. ,,^~:**@@@
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