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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 ,,,,,^^$§#
#@$$*-,,,, DARK, AND THE STARS ARE OUT, BUT THE ,,,,-*$$@#
@§§§$*^-^, SUN IS ABOUT TO RISE. ITS A LONG DAY, ,^-^*$§§§@
@@§§$*^-^, BEFORE IT FADES TO NIGHT AGAIN, AND ,^-^*$§§@@
#§§$*^^-^, THEN IT STAYS SO UNTIL I FALL ASLEEP. ,^-^^*$§§#
§§$*^^^^^, IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ,^^^^^*$§§
§$^-^,,,,, DREAMS. ,,,,,^-^$§
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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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