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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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