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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 ,,,,«;*%@#
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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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