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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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