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...^^*$$§§ * DREAM PALACE * §§$$*^^...
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.^=*$*§@@# #@@§*$*=^.
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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 @****^....
.....=$§@@ SPRING)) @@§$=.....
.^=*$*§@@@ @@@§*$*=^.
.^=*$*§@@# = #@@§*$*=^.
.^=*$*§@@# #@@§*$*=^.
.^=*$*§@@@ I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AT SIX AM. IT'S @@@§*$*=^.
.^=*$*§@@# DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE #@@§*$*=^.
.^=*$*§@@# SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, #@@§*$*=^.
.....^=$*@ BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND @*$=^.....
.^=*$*§@@# THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. #@@§*$*=^.
.^=*$*§@@@ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY @@@§*$*=^.
.^=*$*§@@@ DREAMS. @@@§*$*=^.
.^=*$$$§§§ §§§$$$*=^.
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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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