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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)) @=;«,,,,,,
,,«;=%@### ###@%=;«,,
,,«;=%%%## « ##%%%=;«,,
,,«;=@#### ####@=;«,,
,,,,,,;%%# 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. ###@%=;«,,
,,,,,«=%@# #@%=«,,,,,
,,,«««;;%@ @ @%;;«««,,,
,,«;=%@### ###@%=;«,,
,,«;=%@### 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. ###@%=;«,,
,,,«;;%%@# #@%%;;«,,,
,,«;=%%%@# # #@%%%=;«,,
,,«;=%@### ###@%=;«,,
,,«;=%@### 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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,,«;===%@@ , @@%===;«,,
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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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