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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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