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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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¤¤¤$=~~~~, IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ,~~~~=$¤¤¤
##@¤$^=~~, EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ,~~=^$¤@##
##@¤$^=~~, PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ,~~=^$¤@##
###@$^=~~, MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ,~~=^$@###
¤$$$$^=~~, DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ,~~=^$$$$¤
###¤$^=~~, DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ,~~=^$¤###
@¤^^=~~,,, SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ,,,~~=^^¤@
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¤¤¤^^~,,,, I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ,,,,~^^¤¤¤
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#¤^=~~~,,, WANTS TO BE THE BIG SPOON). I LISTEN TO ,,,~~~=^¤#
##@¤$^=~~, THE SHORTWAVE RADIO, AND TRANSMIT A BIT ,~~=^$¤@##
@¤¤¤$^=~~, MYSELF, SONGS AND POETRY, AND FOUND ,~~=^$¤¤¤@
##@¤$^=~~, SOUNDS FROM THE FOREST. THE OTHERS TELL ,~~=^$¤@##
##@¤$^=~~, OF THEIR LIVES, PLAY THE GUITAR FOR ME, ,~~=^$¤@##
@$^^^^=~~, AND TELL TALES OF THE OLD WORLD. I ,~~=^^^^$@
###@$^=~~, CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS AS WELL. ,~~=^$@###
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#¤$$=~,,,, MOST IMPORTANTLY, THERE'S A TWO SQUARE ,,,,~=$$¤#
##@¤$^=~~, METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ,~~=^$¤@##
##@¤$^=~~, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,~~=^$¤@##
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@@¤¤$^=~~, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,~~=^$¤¤@@
¤¤^^^~,,,, COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ,,,,~^^^¤¤
##@¤$^=~~, PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ,~~=^$¤@##
##@¤$^=~~, HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ,~~=^$¤@##
##@¤$^=~~, FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ,~~=^$¤@##
##@¤$^=~~, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,~~=^$¤@##
##@¤$^=~~, ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ,~~=^$¤@##
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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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