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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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