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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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