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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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