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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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