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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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&&&.&&&&.& @ ..&..&....
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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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