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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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