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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, ,,,,,,,«†§
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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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§††:,,,,,, 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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##@§$†:«,, METER AREA ON THE FLOOR WHERE I CAN ,,«:†$§@##
##@§$†:«,, "SAVE" THINGS. WHATEVER I PUT IN HERE ,,«:†$§@##
##@§$†:«,, WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE NIGHTLY ,,«:†$§@##
###@§$:«,, RESET. EVERYTHING ELSE, HOWEVER, IS ,,«:$§@###
@$:««««,,, COMPLETELY RESET OVERNIGHT: SYNTH ,,,««««:$@
#@@§$†:«,, PATCHES REMOVED, FOOD UNEATEN, WOUNDS ,,«:†$§@@#
##@§$†:«,, HEALED, AND WHEREVER AND WHENEVER I'D ,,«:†$§@##
##@§$†:«,, FALL ASLEEP I'D ALWAYS WAKE UP FULLY ,,«:†$§@##
##@§$†:«,, RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ,,«:†$§@##
#@§††:,,,, 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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