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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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