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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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