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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. ,~=:=%@###
###@%=:=~, THIS IS A MYSTERY WE OFTEN DISCUSS. ,~=:=%@###
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