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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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