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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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