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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. ###¶@†\=:.
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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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