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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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