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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. §†~~~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~;†%§¶@# #@¶§%†;~~¨
¨~~;†%§¶¶¶ ¶¶¶§%†;~~¨
¨~~;†%§¶@# #@¶§%†;~~¨
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