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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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