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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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@#§§;-,¨¨¨ 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. ¨,-;§§#@##
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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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