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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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