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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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