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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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