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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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