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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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