¨.=^†¤&@## ##@&¤†^=.¨
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¨¨....=†&& &&†=....¨¨
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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)) ##@&¤†^=.¨
¨.=^†¤&@## ##@&¤†^=.¨
¨.=^†¤&@## = ##@&¤†^=.¨
¨.=^†¤&@## ##@&¤†^=.¨
¨.=^†¤&@## 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. ###@&†^=.¨
¨.=^†¤&@## ##@&¤†^=.¨
¨.=†¤&@### & ###@&¤†=.¨
¨¨¨.^^†&&@ @&&†^^.¨¨¨
¨¨...^†¤&@ 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. ##@&¤†^=.¨
¨..=^†¤&&# #&&¤†^=..¨
¨¨¨¨.^¤&&# #&&¤^.¨¨¨¨
¨.=^†¤&@@@ @@@&¤†^=.¨
¨.=^†¤&@## ##@&¤†^=.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨=†& &†=¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.=^†¤&@## ##@&¤†^=.¨