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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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