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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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