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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, ,,,,.^^%#@
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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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