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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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##@@¤=;--, 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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