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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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