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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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