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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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