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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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