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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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