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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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