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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. ,,,:«†*$#@
#@#$*†«:,, ,,:«†*$#@#
##@#$*†«:, * ,:«†*$#@##
#@#$*†«:,, ,,:«†*$#@#
@#$*†«:,,, 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. ,:«†*$#@##
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@#$*†«:,,, # ,,,:«†*$#@
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##@#$*†«:, 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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