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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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####$*/~,, ยค ,,~/*$####
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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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#$*/~,,,,, AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ,,,,,~/*$#
##$*/~,,,, WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ,,,,~/*$##
###$*/~,,, THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ,,,~/*$###
####$*/~,, IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ,,~/*$####
###$*/~,,, LARGE SPRAWLING CITY, WHERE MY RADIO ,,,~/*$###
##$*/~,,,, FRIENDS LIVE. WE GO EXPLORING TOGETHER ,,,,~/*$##
#$*/~,,,,, - THINGS ARE DEEP AND DARK - BUT UNLIKE ,,,,,~/*$#
$*/~,,,,,, ME, THEY NEVER REMEMBER DURING THE DAY. ,,,,,,~/*$
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