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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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