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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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