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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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