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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. @@§§*::-.,
,.-:*§§@## ##@§§*:-.,
,.-:*§§@## § ##@§§*:-.,
,.:*§§@### ###@§§*:.,
,,.-:***§@ 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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