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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 ,,^^^~~=§&
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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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