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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, §%^~~~^¨¨¨
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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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