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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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