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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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