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,,,«\%%&## % DREAM PALACE % ##&%%\«,,,
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,,,«\%%&## % ..... ...... % ##&%%\«,,,
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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. &%%\«,,,,,
,,,,«\%%&# #&%%\«,,,,
,,,«\%%&## & ##&%%\«,,,
,,«\%%&### ###&%%\«,,
,,,«\%%&## 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. &%%\«,,,,,
,,,,«\%%&# #&%%\«,,,,
,,,«\%%&## # ##&%%\«,,,
,,«\%%&### ###&%%\«,,
,,,«\%%&## 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. ###&%%\«,,
,,,«\%%&## ##&%%\«,,,
,,,,«\%%&# , #&%%\«,,,,
,,,,,«\%%& &%%\«,,,,,
,,,,«\%%&# 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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