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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. ,,-«=^*&##
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