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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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