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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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