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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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