¨,=\=&¤#@# #@#¤&=\=,¨
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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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