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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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