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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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