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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. ,^~=†¤¤###
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