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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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