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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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