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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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,,,,,«*%§# # #§%*«,,,,,
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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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,,«;*§#### , ####§*;«,,
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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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