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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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