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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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