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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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###@@†;«,¨ † ¨,«;†@@###
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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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