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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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