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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 ..,=*%@&@#
##@&@%*=,. 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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