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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 ,.~:§&§###
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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 ,.~:§&§§§§
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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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