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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 ,,,,,,,:~^
$^~:,,,,,, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,,,,,,:~^$
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