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@¤%%*:¨¨¨¨ % DREAM PALACE % ¨¨¨¨:*%%¤@
#@¤%%†*=:¨ : ----- ------ : ¨:=*†%%¤@#
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##@¤%†*=:¨ * ..... ...... * ¨:=*†%¤@##
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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. ¨¨¨¨=††¤¤#
##@¤%†*=:¨ ¨:=*†%¤@##
##@¤%†*=:¨ † ¨:=*†%¤@##
##@¤%†*=:¨ ¨:=*†%¤@##
##@¤%†*=:¨ 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. ¨:=*†%¤###
##@¤%†*=:¨ ¨:=*†%¤@##
@@%*:¨¨¨¨¨ @ ¨¨¨¨¨:*%@@
##@¤%†*=:¨ ¨:=*†%¤@##
##@¤%†*=:¨ 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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###¤%†*=:¨ ¨:=*†%¤###
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##@¤%†*=:¨ ¨:=*†%¤@##
#¤†*===::¨ ¨::===*†¤#