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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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