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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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