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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 ,.«/*&####
###&*/«.,, 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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