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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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.^^~†††**@ @**†††~^^.
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