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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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,,,,,:-^** £ **^-:,,,,,
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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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