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#@@@*$^-.¨ * DREAM PALACE * ¨.-^$*@@@#
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#@@@*$^-.¨ NOT ACTUALLY A PALACE. A COTTAGE IN THE ¨.-^$*@@@#
@@@$-¨¨¨¨¨ WOODS (TEMPERATE CLIMATE, RAINS EVERY ¨¨¨¨¨-$@@@
@*$^^^^-.¨ OTHER DAY, SPRINGS AND STREAMS AND ¨.-^^^^$*@
###@*$^-.¨ MYSTERIOUS IRON AND STONE ARTIFACTS, ¨.-^$*@###
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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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