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&$†:=,.... $ DREAM PALACE $ ....,=:†$&
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$†:=,..... NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE .....,=:†$
&$†:=,.... WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ....,=:†$&
#&$†:=,... OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ...,=:†$&#
@#&$†:=,.. MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ..,=:†$&#@
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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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#@#&$†:=,. EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE .,=:†$&#@#
@#&$†:=,.. PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ..,=:†$&#@
#&$†:=,... MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ...,=:†$&#
&$†:=,.... DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ....,=:†$&
$†:=,..... DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, .....,=:†$
†:=,...... 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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