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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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