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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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨=^¤
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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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