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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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