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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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#@@@$^:«.¨ ^ ¨.«:^$@@@#
@@$^«..¨¨¨ ¨¨¨..«^$@@
@@$:«¨¨¨¨¨ IN THIS COTTAGE THERE'S A LOT OF RADIO ¨¨¨¨¨«:$@@
@@$^::.¨¨¨ EQUIPMENT, SOUND STUFF, SYNTHS, TAPE ¨¨¨.::^$@@
@@$:«..¨¨¨ PLAYERS. PEN AND PAPER, BOOKS, CAMERAS, ¨¨¨..«:$@@
@$$$^^:«.¨ MIRRORS, PRISMS, AND VARIOUS THINGS TO ¨.«:^^$$$@
@$^«¨¨¨¨¨¨ DO ART WITH. THE FRIDGE IS FILLED WITH ¨¨¨¨¨¨«^$@
@@@@$^:«.¨ DIFFERET FOODS, ALL OF THEM INTRIGUING, ¨.«:^$@@@@
##@@$^:«.¨ SLIGHTLY WEIRD. ¨.«:^$@@##
##@@$^:«.¨ ¨.«:^$@@##
#@@@$^:«.¨ @ ¨.«:^$@@@#
#@@@$^:«.¨ ¨.«:^$@@@#
#@@@$^:«.¨ I HAVE FRIENDS - THERE'S A CAT, AND A ¨.«:^$@@@#
@$^««.¨¨¨¨ DOG (WHO IS RIDICOLOUSLY LARGE AND ¨¨¨¨.««^$@
@^««.¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨...:$$$@
@@$^^«¨¨¨¨ RESTED IN MY BED. SOMETIMES THERE'S ¨¨¨¨«^^$@@
##@@$^:«.¨ ACCIDENTS WHERE I LOSE STUFF BY ¨.«:^$@@##
@$^^««.¨¨¨ FORGETTING TO PUT THEM IN THE SQUARE. ¨¨¨.««^^$@
#@@@$^:«.¨ ¨.«:^$@@@#
#@@@$^:«.¨ ¨ ¨.«:^$@@@#
@^«.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨.«^@
@@^:«««.¨¨ AT NIGHT, I HAVE DEMI-LUCID DREAMS ¨¨.«««:^@@
@@@@$^:«.¨ WHERE THE SPIRITS OF THE FOREST AROUND ¨.«:^$@@@@
#@@@$^:«.¨ THE COTTAGE TRIES TO COMMUNICATE. HERE, ¨.«:^$@@@#
#@@@$^:«.¨ IT'S NOT ENDLESS BUT CONNECTED TO A ¨.«:^$@@@#
@$$^^::«.¨ 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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