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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. #&§=«.....
..«==†††&@ @&†††==«..
..«=†§&#@# & #@#&§†=«..
..«=†§&#@# #@#&§†=«..
......«†&& 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. #@#&§†=«..
..«=†§&#@# #@#&§†=«..
..«=†§&#@# # #@#&§†=«..
.«=†§&#@## ##@#&§†=«.
.....«†§&& 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. #@#&§†=«..
..«=†§&#@@ @@#&§†=«..
..«=††§§§& . &§§§††=«..
......«=†& &†=«......
..«=†§&##@ 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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