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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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