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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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@#§§¤**«,¨ 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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