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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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