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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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