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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. @@@¤§%^«^.
.^«^%§¤@@# #@@¤§%^«^.
.^«^%§§§@@ ¤ @@§§§%^«^.
.^«^%§¤@@# #@@¤§%^«^.
..^««%%%§@ 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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