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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 .....,,=*¤
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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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