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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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