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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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