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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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