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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)) ¨.«/^%#@@#
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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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