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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 ,~=*†§¤###
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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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