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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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