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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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.&&&....&. ยป &.&&&.&..&
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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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