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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 ¨-~\$*¤@##
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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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