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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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