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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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##@#@^«:,, * ,,:«^@#@##
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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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