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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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