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#@#@$^;=,¨ ¨,=;^$@#@#
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#@#@$^;=,¨ $ DREAM PALACE $ ¨,=;^$@#@#
#@#@$^;=,¨ , ----- ------ , ¨,=;^$@#@#
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##@@$^;=,¨ ; ..... ...... ; ¨,=;^$@@##
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#@@^==,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,==^@@#
##@#@$^;,¨ ¨,;^$@#@##
@$^;,¨¨¨¨¨ 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)) ¨,=;^$@@#@
@$^==¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨==^$@
@@^=¨¨¨¨¨¨ = ¨¨¨¨¨¨=^@@
@@#@$^;=,¨ ¨,=;^$@#@@
##@@$^;=,¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨,;;;^@
@$$;;,¨¨¨¨ IT DOESN'T RISE UNLESS I'VE HAD MY ¨¨¨¨,;;$$@
@#@@$^;=,¨ DREAMS. ¨,=;^$@@#@
@@^;;=¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨=;;^@@
#@#@$^;=,¨ ^ ¨,=;^$@#@#
##@#@$^;,¨ ¨,;^$@#@##
@@#@$^;=,¨ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ¨,=;^$@#@@
#@@^=,¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨=;^^@@
@$^=,,,¨¨¨ RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ¨¨¨,,,=^$@
#@#@$^;=,¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨,=;^$@#@#
##@@$^;=,¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨,=;^$@@##
#@#@$^;=,¨ ¨,=;^$@#@#
@@#@$^;=,¨ ¨ ¨,=;^$@#@@
@#$$$^;=,¨ ¨,=;^$$$#@
#@#@$^;=,¨ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ¨,=;^$@#@#
@#@@$^;=,¨ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ¨,=;^$@@#@
@^;,,,,¨¨¨ 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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