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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. ###&¤%;~.,
,.~;%%¤¤¤# #¤¤¤%%;~.,
,,,,,~;;%& & &%;;~,,,,,
,,..;%%&&# #&&%%;..,,
,.~;%¤&### 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. #¤;~~~..,,
,.~;%¤&&## ##&&¤%;~.,
,.~;%¤¤&## , ##&¤¤%;~.,
,,,..;¤&&# #&&¤;..,,,
,.~;%¤&### 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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