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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, ,,,,,--;§#
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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 ,,-;%§####
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###&§%;-,, 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 ,,,,,,,;%&
##&§§%;-,, 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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