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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, ,,,.==†@##
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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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