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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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