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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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@@@%†††~:, @ ,:~†††%@@@
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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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