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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 ,.-*%$##@#
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####$%*-., 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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