,,:~:%&§@# #@§&%:~:,,
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,,:~:%&§@# #@§&%:~:,,
,,,:~:%&§@ @§&%:~:,,,
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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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,,,,,:~:%& % &%:~:,,,,,
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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. @§&%:~:,,,
,,:~:%&§@# #@§&%:~:,,
,:~:%&§@## @ ##@§&%:~:,
,,:~:%&§@# #@§&%:~:,,
,,,:~:%&§@ 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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,,:~:%&§@# #@§&%:~:,,
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