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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. ¨¨~~^†$#@#
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#@#$†^~~¨¨ ¨ ¨¨~~^†$#@#
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#@#$†^~~¨¨ 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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