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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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