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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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