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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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