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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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#@#¤@=\=^¨ = ¨^=\=@¤#@#
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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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#¤==¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨==¤#
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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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