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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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