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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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