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,:=;*&¤¤¤# #¤¤¤&*;=:,
,:=;*&¤### ###¤&*;=:,
,:=;*&¤### ###¤&*;=:,
,,,,,=*¤¤# & DREAM PALACE & #¤¤*=,,,,,
,,,,,:;&## : ----- ------ : ##&;:,,,,,
,:=;*&¤### & ..... ...... & ###¤&*;=:,
,:=;*&¤### ; ..... ...... ; ###¤&*;=:,
,,,:;;&¤## : ..... ...... : ##¤&;;:,,,
,:=;*&¤### : ..... ...... : ###¤&*;=:,
,:=;*&¤### , ..... ...... , ###¤&*;=:,
,:=;&¤#### ####¤&;=:,
,,,:::==*¤ ¤*==:::,,,
,:=;*&#### 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. ¤&&;:,,,,,
,:=;*&¤### ###¤&*;=:,
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,,,,,,:;&# #&;:,,,,,,
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,:=;;*&&¤¤ ¤¤&&*;;=:,