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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 ,^~=%%#¶##
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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. ,,,,,,^~=%
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