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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 ,,=*†§&¶##
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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. ,,,,=†††&¶
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