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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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