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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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