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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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