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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 ,.~††&§#@#
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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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