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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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