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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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,^»;**§£## » ##£§**;»^,
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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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