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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 ..,~/†#@##
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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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