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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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###§*%;=~¨ 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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