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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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