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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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,.~:*§#@## ~ ##@#§*:~.,
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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. ##@#§*:~.,
,.~:*§#@## ##@#§*:~.,
,.~:*§#@## * ##@#§*:~.,
,.~:*§§### ###§§*:~.,
,.~:*§##@# 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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