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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. ##¶#@†\~,¨
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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. ##¶#@†\~,¨
¨,~\†@#¶## ##¶#@†\~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨~\†## ¨ ##†\~¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~\\\\††# #††\\\\~,¨
¨,~\†@#¶## 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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