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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)) ..&.&&&.&.
.&.&...... .&&&..&&&&
&&&&...... ~ &..&.&...&
...&.....& &.&&&&..&.
..&&....&. 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. &&&.&....&
.&&.&..&&& ..&&&...&.
&.&&&.&... $ .&..&..&&.
&&..&&&..& &&.&&.&.&&
.&.&..&.&. 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. &&&.&&&&.&
&&&.&..&&. ..&&...&&&
..&&&.&.&& # .&.&..&...
.&..&&&&.. &&&&.&&...
&&.&...&.& 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. &.&&&.....
&...&&.&.& &&..&.....
&..&.&&&&. . .&.&&....&
&.&&&...&. &&&.&...&.
&&..&..&&& 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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