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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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