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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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