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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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