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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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