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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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