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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, ,-=:%§&###
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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, ,-=:%§&###
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###&§%:=-, 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 ,,,,-=::§&
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&%:-,,,,,, 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. ,-=:%§&&&#
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