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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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@*†\«,,,,, ¶ ,,,,,«\†*@
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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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