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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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#@%%%%*=,, = ,,=*%%%%@#
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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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